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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Classic Furniture, Objects and Design Auction
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2011 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  448
• Lot Description:
  A Rare and Important Blackwood Long Case Clock
  Stamped R. Prenzel, circa 1920 The stepped rectangular hood surmounted by an arched pediment, enclosing a German weight driven movement with a circular Arabic numeral dial, the body inset with a Eucalypt panel carved in high relief with a Eucalyptus branch, gum nuts and leaves on a stippled ground, above a glazed and solid panelled casement door, stamped to the inside upper right hand corner of the casement door, raised on a stepped plinth base, the clock 202 cm high; the panel 26 x 26 cm.
• Maker:
  Robert Prenzel (1866-1941)
• Provenance:
  Mr and Mrs Richard Prideaux Thomas, Melbourne 1967-2008 the late Ms Helen Brookes, Adelaide, thence by family descent
• Notes:
  History: According to correspondence from Ms Helen Brookes held in the Robert Prenzel archive in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, the long case clock was originally owned by her aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Richard Prideaux Thomas, of Caulfield, Melbourne. While difficult to ascertain its exact ye
• Estimate:
  A$13,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Clocks & Watches

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